If Park Bank is liable for not spotting Sujata "Sue" Sachdeva's $34 million embezzlement from Koss Corp., then so is chief executive Michael Koss, the bank argues in a new lawsuit.

In a suit filed last week, the bank argues that if a jury finds Park Bank liable for the loss, then Michael Koss and Grant Thornton, the firm's former auditor, should have to pay some of the award.

"Park Bank denies any and all liability to Koss in this case," Park Bank wrote in its action. "Nevertheless, should Park Bank be found liable to Koss (Corp.) and required to pay damages to Koss in this case those damages will have been the result of a common liability of Park Bank, Michael Koss and Grant Thornton, thereby entitling Park Bank to (a) contribution from Michael Koss and Grant Thornton."(3)

For TBS game analyst Ron Darling, the Brewers are still 'the best story in baseball' this season

As a New York Mets broadcaster, Ron Darling had an up-close look both at Carlos Gomez and FranciscoRodriguez, two of the Brewers who made the National League roster in the All-Star Game.

Darling is set to call the Cardinals at Brewers game Sunday on TBS for a national television audience. He will work the game with Milwaukee native Ernie Johnson.

In his midseason awards, Darling picked Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy as the NL MVP and Ron Roenicke NL manager of the year.

Darling made those choices before the Brewers fell into a 1-9 rut, but he said in a telephone interview on Friday he doesn’t take anything back.

“Every team has a losing streak,” Darling said. “I don’t care if it’s a team that wins 100 games. Every team seems to go through that phase. . . . When all is said and done, the Brewers have been the best story in baseball, like Pittsburgh was last year.”

Darling recalls Gomez’s rookie season in the majors, 2007 with the Mets.

“When I first saw him, I thought he was one of the greatest athletes I’ve ever seen in a baseball uniform,” Darling said. “Very (Yasiel) Puig-like. He was wet behind the ears. Definitely was a greenhorn. But the talent was evident from day one. . . . If he had grown up on Tobacco Road he would have been a point guard for UNC. If he had grown up in Texas, he would have been a running back at the University of Texas. He could have been anything. If he had chosen track and field he might have been an Alberto Juantorena. That’s how magnificent an athlete he was.”

Darling said he admires the way Gomez has taken charge of his talent, taken control of his career, taken ownership of his aggressiveness at the plate.

“It’s not even the coaches or anyone’s fault, no one tries to get a player and teach him incorrectly, everyone is trying to help the player,” Darling said. “But sometimes when people try to help a player, they are really hurting a player. I’m proud of him because he took ownership of his career. It wasn’t going where he wanted it to go. He said if I’m going to go down, I’m going to go down with the way I think I can play. He did it and changed everyone’s perception of him. It takes a strong kid to do that. He’s not from this country. You feel like everyone else has the answers and you don’t. He was strong-willed enough.”

Darling said he is not surprised by the stunning resurgence of Rodriguez this year.

“Frankie has an inner toughness that you don’t teach,” Darling said. “The reasons he has been so successful, from the day he came up and caught fire for the 2002 Angels, he just has that it factor that they can’t teach. When things get toughest - Frankie is, 6-foot tall or so - he grows to about 6-4. He is that kind of athlete and pitcher. There is a lot of fight in him. I appreciate the competitive nature of what he does. I’m less surprised that he has caught fire again only because you knew he was a survivor. You knew he would find a way to be successful. He’s a leader. He’s a guy who has no problem wearing a target.”

What will the absence of catcher Yadier Molina mean to the Cardinals’ chances of returning to the post-season?

“I think the Cardinals are 70 or 80 games over .500 when he starts and they are a .500 team when he doesn’t start,” Darling said. “That’s a stat. Milwaukee and St. Louis, they battle one another. There is no love lost there. But one thing you have to respect - the Cardinals I’m sure respect the Brewers and the Brewers respect the Cardinals and their greatness.

“Every year, they put it out there,” Darling said. “Really solid, good organizations seem to find a way, find someone who steps up in their absence. But I could make the argument that of all the players in baseball, the most missed on any team would be Molina with the Cardinals. They have not hit like the way they hit last year. No one has in the history of the game. If they can pick up their hitting a little bit, maybe pound the baseball around a little bit, they’ll survive until he comes back.”

About Bob Wolfley

Bob Wolfley retired in October 2014 He wrote the SportsDay blog and column and about TV and radio issues.